Part of a package of three bills in relation to rural research and development, the bill amends the

Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Act 1999

to: remove product specific maximum rates for research and development and marketing charge rates; standardise and clarify the industry bodies to be consulted before the minister sets new or changed rates; provide that the maximum charge rate to be imposed is the rate requested by the charge payers; and make contingent amendments in relation to wine production.

Part of a package of three bills in relation to rural research and development, the bill amends the

Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999

to: remove product specific maximum levy rates for research and development and marketing levies; standardise and clarify the industry bodies to be consulted before the minister sets new or changed levies; provide that the maximum levy rate to be imposed is the rate requested by the levy payers; and make contingent amendments in relation to wine production.

Part of a package of three bills in relation to rural research and development, the bill amends: the

Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989

to: require research and development corporations (RDCs) to enter into a funding agreement with the Commonwealth before the end of the 2014-15 financial year; enable individual fisheries industry levies to be collected and matched subject to a relevant industry cap; amend the process for selecting board members for statutory RDCs; include marketing activities in the role of RDCs; and amend the long and short titles of the Act; the

Australian Meat and Live-stock Industry Act 1997

,

Horticulture Marketing and Research and Development Services Act 2000

,

Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989

and

Wool Services Privatisation Act 2000

to standardise ministerial delegation rules for industry-owned RDCs; the

Dairy Produce Act 1986

and

Wool Services Privatisation Act 2000

to enable the minister to give written directions to the industry and research bodies in certain circumstances; the

Wool Services Privatisation Act 2000

to: enable the research body to use certain funds for marketing activities; and provide that the timing of the wool levy poll is prescribed in regulations; seven Acts to enable the Commonwealth to match voluntary contributions made to RDCs by businesses for research and development; eight Acts to make technical amendments; and the

Wine Australia Corporation Act 1980

and renamed

Australian Grape and Wine Authority Act 2013

to make contingent amendments in relation to the proposed Australian Grape and Wine Authority.

Part of a package of three bills to create the Australian Grape and Wine Authority, the bill: amends the:

Wine Australia Corporation Act 1980

to: implement the merger of the Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation (GWRDC) and the Wine Australia Corporation to create the Australian Grape and Wine Authority; and rename the Act; and

Freedom of Information Act 1982

to make a consequential amendment; transfers the operations, assets, liabilities and staffing conditions of the GWRDC and the Wine Australia Corporation to the authority; and repeals the Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation Regulations 1991.

Part of a package of three bills to create the Australian Grape and Wine Authority, the bill amends the

Primary Industries (Customs) Charges Act 1999

to: enable levies collected to be paid to the Australian Grape and Wine Authority; and remove the requirement for the Wine Australia Corporation to make recommendations to the minister about the levy rate.

Part of a package of three bills to create the Australian Grape and Wine Authority, the bill amends the

Primary Industries (Excise) Levies Act 1999

to: enable levies collected to be paid to the Australian Grape and Wine Authority; and remove the requirement for the Wine Australia Corporation to make recommendations to the minister about the levy rate.

to clarify the definition of an organism to reflect the use of viruses and sub-viral agents as agent and target organisms for biological control activities in the Australian Capital Territory (including the Jervis Bay Territory).

to remove the requirement for the dairy industry to hold a dairy levy poll every five years; and enable the minister to make a legislative instrument to require the industry services body to establish a levy poll advisory committee to consider the levy rate every five years, require the industry services body to hold a levy poll if a variation to the rate is recommended by the advisory committee, and include a mechanism for dairy farmer members of Dairy Australia Limited to request a poll if they disagree with the advisory committee’s decision not to convene a levy poll.

in relation to: reviews and reporting requirements for the Basin Plan; accreditation of first generation state water resource plans with further accreditations linked to Basin Plan review outcomes; incorporation of Indigenous expertise and knowledge in the governance of the basin’s water resources; trading by the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder; and the redundancy of the Murray-Darling Basin Water Rights Information Service; and technical and consequential amendments.

to: provide the secretary with powers to make orders providing for, or in relation to, the establishment and administration of a system or systems of tariff rate quotas; and enable the secretary to make directions in relation to matters covered by an order, and to override the order; and